The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-01-29
FRANKFORT, KY, JANUARY 80. 1887.

also houses rented. They are not
particular what price they ask. They
are asking as much az one hundred
dollars per foot in the business pOr.
ton of town. The outskirts remind
one of thinly settled country, but the
lots will sell for more than they will
in any portion of South Frankfort.
The unimprOved lands in the pine
woods, one to three miles out from
the city limits, will sell (Or least they
ask from one to five hundred dol
lars an acre. The improved, from
five hundred to one thousand dollars
per acre. There are number of
hotels here, all well furnished. One,
the "West End" is at the extreme
city limits, has $50 rooms, owned by
party from Philadelphia, Pa. Be-
sides the hotel, he has large old
orange grove in full bearing, and a
Young grove of several acres. can
see the house while writing this.
1 am at a loss what to write about
the climate, as l said i'm my last /
want to write up Florida as l view
ito tell the truth strictly in every
respect. The people here, especially
those who own property, never tell
but one side. They tell of the sun
shine and the flowers, the lakes and
the fishes, but never of the sudden
changes, from 30 to 30 degrees in II
hours, and the damp, fOggy, chilly
atmosphere. Name it to them, and
they say il dOIf't happen often, but,
since our being here, one half the
time has been cloudy Some morn
ings everything in our rooms are
damp. When put on my pants
and put my hands in the pockets they
feel disagreeably damp. The floor,
which is 8 or 8 feet wide in the
veranda, is covered with water, the
caves of the house dripping; so night
and morning all are compelled to
have fires. Last Monday the Their
mOmeter / brought with me showed
"A and at same time Monday night
it was 60. Tuesday morning, :
O'Clock, it stood 36, and cold dis
agreeable wind, direct from the
North. Wednesday morning l was
in SandfOrd and suffered as much
with cold as l ever did in Kentucky.
The wind blowing from right off the
lake for five miles, the thermometer
stood at 30, SD l was told. They
having signal service here so was
told. On my way to Orlando, from
SandfOrd, l saw ice-cicles hanging
from the water tanks ut the different
stations, ten to twelve inches long,
and on arriving here learned ice had
formed i'm tubs one fourth Of an inch.
Next morning in reading the daily
papers published here, l found as
follows: Bismark % below zero, Chi
cagO 10 below zero, giving great
number stations north, showing how
cold it was there; Orlando 35. Sand
ford "a. Although suffering so much
from cold Wednesday morning, in
the evening it was pleasant. Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday were
clear. This morning cloudy but
warm, writing at my window it be-
ing up, the birds Of all kinds, from
the mOcking bird to the jay, are sing
ing beautifully. The black bird that
fills our woods and orchards in spring
and summer are as thick as hail here
now. To do justice, ! must say,
when the sun does break through
the clouds and "clears OFF," the air
becomes pure and bracing. My
health is getting better and better
all the time Our little girl is get
ting 50 fat her face is almost round.
AS Il whole we are enjoying it. We
find. Kentuckians wherever we go.
am doing business, selling j. II. M. g,
while here Have rented house,
hired man, have hin, on the road.
So you see / am "killing' two birds
with one stone" This is long
enough, besides the dinner bell Is
ringing, and ! never fail to answer
its call, SO good bye.
Yours truly,
JOHN +. MILES.